Legal icon Aare Afe Babalola SAN has said that it would be wrong to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the current rots in the system.

Babalola, founder Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), disclosed that Nigeria’s problem is deeper than what the citizens often discussed.

Speaking after being honoured by Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Babalola urged Nigerian youths to rise up, unite and rescue the nation from its myriads of challenges.

The Founder traced the nation’s problem to military incursion of 1966.

He was decorated with the Sir Ahmadu Bello Platinum Award as the ‘The Icon of Greater Nigeria’ and Garkuwan Matasan Arewa Najeriya by the youth group.

The Aare Bamofin of Yorubaland charged Nigerian youths to move out of their various regional enclaves and form a virile national body,

This, he said would give them a strong voice.

“The essence of government is to guarantee the security of lives and property of the people. President Buhari is not to blame for this insecurity but the military.

“Before military took over in 1966, Nigeria was operating regional system with each region growing and developing faster at its own pace.

“These regions were closer to the people. Killings or insurgency were alien to our culture then. Nigerians love one another, though they were divided politically.

“I want to say that if those regions were allowed then, the country would have had a nation or nations that are well developed today,” he said.

Babalola regretted how Nigerians were dying due to leadership failure, particularly the civil servants and pensioners due to non-payment of their entitlements.

“Many pensioners have died having been owed several years of pension arrears. Even those in the service were owed seven or eight months salary arrears, so just like I said earlier, our leaders have turned us into beggars,” he lamented.

Talking about the vision of his university, which was to build the youth into a reliable future leaders, Babalola told the group that many of the rich men in the Northern part of Nigeria have financial wherewithal to establish such fast-growing university.

“There are many rich people in Nigeria who can establish this kind of university with the vision to bring quality education as well as moral and cultural values to the doorstep of Nigerians.

“If we have this kind of university in each of the six geopolitical zones or every state, Nigeria will change for better.

“Go to the North and propagate the ideals which my university stands for. Nigeria must be united at all cost for us to make a headway and overcome all our challenges,” Babalola stated.

The leader of the youth group, Mr. Steven Bidemi, said the honour was in recognition of Babalola’s contributions to humanity and the unity of the Nigerian nation.

“At a time when Nigeria youth are facing relegation from the scheme of things, Babalola continued to exhibit youth friendly vision which gave us a renewed hope as leaders of tomorrow.

“Chief Babalola is a symbol of a true Nigeria where unity, love, integrity compassion and brotherhood take a sit at the high table. He is a true representation of Sardauna’s philosophy, which was about religious and ethnic tolerance,” he said.


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With all due respect to the SAN, I beg to disagree with most of his points.
Buhari and his government cannot be exonerated from the woes plaguing NIGERIA AND Nigerians.

This government's policies have made life Unbearable for average Nigerians as cost of living has quadrupled while salaries and income are either static or dwindling in most cases.
Buhari's government, through overt acts and omissions, has inadvertently divided Nigerians along ethnic, tribal and religious lines more than any other government in our history.

Again, Right to life is seen as the highest form of human right because it is only a living man that can enjoy other rights. Buhari's government has failed woefully to protect the lives and property of Nigerians which is the first and most fundamental duty of a government.
If Buhari didn't win the 2015 elections, there are high chances that thousands of people who have lost their lives or those of their loved ones would still be alive now to fulfill their purpose in Life.

Imagine if Buhari was from benue and he was murdered at a tender age by marauding herdsmen, would he be president today?

What kind of weed is this one smoking?

Yes, but he was recruited to fix it.
Things were going bad and Nigerians needed a fix-it-quick personality.

buhiar should resign

Abeg tell them joor



I can still recall the conversation between Ahmadu Bello and Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi told Ahmadu Bello

"Let's forget our difference and make Nigeria great"

Then Ahmadu Bello replied him by saying

" No let's understand our differences by doing so, Nigeria will be more conducive for us"



Ahmadu Bello was right because Nigeria is more diverse than you can imagine, you can't make a Northerner to abandon his culture and way of Life just to be political correct, same goes to the west and east.

Then tell us who is. Let him give it back to us the way he met it, we'll be fine.

He has always wanted to be a president and he got it only to use bigotry, nepotism, tribalism and selfishness garnished with illiteracy to sink the country deeper.

He is still warming up for 2019. Why not tell him to resign if the job is too much for him

Is afe babalola mad?

Mad man

Maybe u are

Onye ofe

He has further escalated the problem beyond repair ..

Don't forget that he was elected to fix the existing problem..

Donald trump met America in mess but today he's doing / his best to fix it ..

Mr Afe babalola please stop making excuse for him..

Leaders takes up challenges and accept responsibilities, maybe you have forgotten that sir...

what do you think lalasticlala, mynd44?

Responsible leaders takes responsibility.Therefore,
having partook of those inglorious eras(1966-date),ruled & he is still ruling Nigeria now,Buhari was & remains part of the Nigerian problem.
Meanwhile,Buhari have been a failure,still a failure now and will forever remains a catastrophic failure
So never allow your sycophancy for a worthless title to becloud your sense of sound judgement.

LORDOFAFONJAS:
Is afe babalola mad?

if not dat ur daddy dump u in a baby factory, u won't be calling ur daddy mad

Wasn't that why his APCheat promised restructuring? It's apparent it's the Tinubus and Akandes that wanted restructuring, the Alma.jiri president was never a believer of government restructuring.

Oh I even forgot, the Daura President doesn't know anything.

Buhari is a big part of it? He became minister at a young age but has no young minister in his cabinet.

I now understood why the IGP disobeyed Buhari's order by running away from the troubled Benue.......he's not responsible for the killings there. SIMPLE

"The essence of government is to guarantee the security of lives and property of the people. President Buhari is not to blame for this insecurity but the military."


Oga lawyer, this your logic is somehow...

Who is the commander in chief of the armed forces?
Who authorizes the deployment of the military?